Timothy Bloodworth

Timothy Bloodworth (1736-24 August 1814) was a member of the US House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district from 6 April 1790 to 3 March 1791, preceding John Baptista Ashe, and a US Senator from 4 March 1795 to 4 March 1801, succeeding Benjamin Hawkins and preceding David Stone. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

Biography
Timothy Bloodworth was born in New Hanover County, North Carolina in 1736, and he worked as a teacher before making bayonets and muskets for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1778 and 1779, he served in the North Carolina state legislature, and he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786. Bloodworth served in the US House of Representatives from 1790 to 1791 and then in the US Senate from 1795 to 1801. He died in 1814.